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Students’ Perceptions toward The Use of Videos in Vocabulary Lessons
Agni Trusta Wardaya

Abstract
Videos are one of entertaining products that can be used as an aid in English Language
Teaching (ELT). Previous studies suggest that videos can help students to understand English
lessons better than usual aids such as books or written texts. Lialikhova (2014) states that
videos can be a good stimulus for the students to learn English especially enhancing their
vocabulary. This study was aimed to find students’ perceptions towards the use of videos in
the English language classroom, especially in vocabulary lessons. In conducting this research,
questionnaire and observation were used. The researcher took the data from Sekolah
Menengah Pertama (SMP) Negeri 2 Tayu, Kecamatan Tayu, Kabupaten Pati. The
participants were 60 students from two different classes in the same grade. The finding
shows that most of the students tend to have positive perceptions toward the use of videos in
teaching and learning processes.
Keywords: Students’ perceptions, Video, English Language Teaching (ELT)